Ideas are cheap and abundant; what is of value is the effective placement of those ideas into situations that develop into action.

Strategic planning is the continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk-taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity; organizing systematically the efforts needed to carry out these decisions; and measuring the results of these decisions against the expectations through organized, systematic feedback.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Spontaneity is an infinite number of rehearsed possibilities.

For new technology to replace old, it has to have at least ten times the benefit.

Look upon every obstacle as part payment towards your success.

They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions.